02 May Operation Evolve 2.0: Adapting to New Legal Requirements and Consumer Expectations Operation Evolve 2.0: Adapting to New Legal Requirements and Consumer Expectations Thursday, May 2, 2024 (9:00 AM to 12:30 PM) 3.5 CE Hours FLC Auditorium, Shelton, Washington Class, Courses, Education This is part of a Full Day Education Event with Busting Industry Myths Details You're Registered! DescriptionLocationInstructors The revised Agency Law took effect January 1, 2024, and changed existing law, practices and forms within the Washington real estate industry. The changes were dramatic and impacted substantially, the way that brokers engage with consumers, how brokers are compensated, how brokers memorialize compensation agreements, and how consumers view the industry and their involvement in residential and commercial real estate transactions. This class will cover.... Why the Evolution is Necessary The Revised Agency Law Forms that changed and how to use the revised forms to accomplish consumer goals Creating Transparency for consumers Real life scenarios, practice writing and reviewing offers FLC Auditorium FLC Auditorium1212 Connection StreetShelton, WA 98584 Map & Directions Annie Fitzsimmons Annie Fitzsimmons is a lawyer whose entire post-adolescent life has focused on the Washington real estate market place in one form or another. When she was 11 years old, her parents opened a real estate company and she worked in the office first as the cleaning crew, later as a receptionist, bookkeeper and typist and ultimately as a real estate licensee. At age 23, she school at the University of Washington and upon graduating, began her legal career with the Tacoma law firm of Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim. She was one of the firm’s primary residential real property lawyers until 2001 when she left to open her own office and since has served as Washington Realtors Legal Hotline Attorney as well as providing a variety of other legal services for WR. She served on the task force that drafted the Agency Law from 1994 to 1996 and the task force that worked in 2004 and 2005 considering revisions to the Licensing Law, RCW 18.85. She has sued and defended real property owners, buyers, sellers and brokers across the state but has recently made it her personal priority to ensure that no Washington REALTOR® is ever sued again for something they could have avoided. Believing that education is the best way to achieve this goal, she is here today. So, take advantage of her experience and ask questions that are important to you. Raise your hand and focus discussion on issues that are challenging you today.